John Chilcot

Sir John Anthony Chilcot GCB PC (/ˈɪlkɒt/; 22 April 1939 – 3 October 2021) was a British civil servant.

The Right Honourable Sir
John Chilcot
GCB PC
Chilcot in 1980
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
In office
1990–1997
Personal details
Born
John Anthony Chilcot

(1939-04-22)22 April 1939
Surrey, England
Died3 October 2021(2021-10-03) (aged 82)
Devon, England
Spouse
Rosalind Forster
(m. 1964)
Residence(s)Dartmoor, England
EducationBrighton College
Alma materPembroke College, Cambridge
OccupationCivil servant
Signature

In 2009, Chilcot was appointed chairman of the Iraq Inquiry (also referred to as the "Chilcot Inquiry"), an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Iraq War (2003).

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